Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 24th, 2011 by corbett3000
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The 9 Incubators of Washington DC + more in the Pipeline

If you scratch the surface of DC, you’ll find an economy teeming with innovation and creativity. One current problem is that most people don’t scratch that surface – they bounce off of K Street, The Hill, or The Pentagon and think this is just a place for government. Yes…DC is a producer of governance. But [...]

Posted in Community Development, Economic Development, Innovation Design
March 21st, 2011 by corbett3000
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ISL 4.0: New Hires, Events, Products, and Work

I always thought iStrategyLabs moved fast. It’s faster than me now. I can’t keep up – and as the CEO all I can do is get out of the way/help create the architecture of the amazing-ness unfolding. I don’t expect you to keep up either, but if you want to try, spend some time poking [...]

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March 17th, 2011 by DJ Saul
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Accelerating Innovation in Washington DC: startupXLR8R II + angelXLR8r + DC Tech Meetup

A few weeks ago, we launched our first startupXLR8R where 100 startups applied, and 22 teams were invited to participate in coding for a weekend then pitching to 10 angels/VCs. Four of the teams, Venga, BeCouply, Tixelated, and iSpeedShop were subsequently written up in the Washington Post: Washington Post “A Wave of start-apps” (3-7-11) What’s next? On March 26th, we’ll [...]

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March 4th, 2011 by DJ Saul
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startupXLR8R: New Ventures + Veteran Angels

Last weekend we experimented with our first ever startupXLR8R — (a special thanks to our friends at Microsoft for providing an amazing space). 22 teams participated, showing up bright and early Saturday morning to start cranking away.  About 30 hours later a collection of 10 angels/VCs gathered to hear the rapid fire pitches and, more [...]

Posted in Community Development, Innovation Design